Conference Session

Engaging Uses of Course Management Systems, Blogs, and Open Source and a Database as Tools for Library Instruction

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson; Michael Fosmire; Amy Van Epps, Purdue University; Bruce Harding, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

interview process and allows students to gain the same underlyingknowledge of technical information that the librarians and staff are also trying to convey. Thetutorial provides an independent working environment for students to learn the big picture oftechnical information as well as be directed to subject-specific sources. The concept of a dual-sided educational tool works well for this assignment and gives the Purdue University Librariesand engineering and technology students of Purdue University another tool to gain self-directedknowledge.Bibliography:1 Digital Content Development Grant. Retrieved January 8, 2007, from http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/idc/grants.cfm2 Harding, B. A. (2003). The Treasure In Technical Information: A

Conference Session

Thinking Ahead: Supporting New Technologies in Engineering Libraries

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre; Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

AC 2007-470: SPATIAL DATA (GIS) SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE DISCIPLINESWITH LAND SURVEYING ENGINEERING AS THE LEAD ELEMENT: A WORKIN PROGRESS AT THE PENN STATE WILKES-BARRE CAMPUSBruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre BRUCE REID is the Head Librarian at Penn State University, Wilkes-Barre campus. He has a B.S. degree in Business from Farleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, and a Library Information degree from the University of Minnesota. His subject areas are Business, GIS applications, Telecommunications, and Land SurveyingFrancis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman FRANCIS DERBY, is currently Associate Professor of Surveying and Geographic Information Systems at Penn

Conference Session

Business & Entrepreneurial Information for Engineers

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Drew, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

. Page 12.612.8Narver, J. and S. Slater. "The Effect of Market Orientation on Business Profitability." Journal of Marketing 54, no. 4(1990): 20-35.Shane, Scott and Frédéric Delmar. "Planning for the Market: Business Planning before Marketing and theContinuation of Organizing Efforts." Journal of Business Venturing 19, (2004): 767–785.9. Cooper A. C., Folta T. B., and Woo C. "Entrepreneurial Information Search." Journal of Business Venturing 10,no. 2 (March 1995): 107-120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0883-9026(94)00022-M.10. Brush, Candida. "Marketplace Information Scanning Activities of New Manufacturing Ventures." Journal ofSmall Business Management 30, no. 4 (October 1992): 41-53,http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&

Conference Session

Scientific Literature and Data: Proliferation, Storage, and Open Access

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Stout, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anne Graham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

AC 2007-155: THE DATA DILEMMAAmy Stout, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAnne Graham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Page 12.1402.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Data Dilemma There’s a famous allegory about a map of the world that grows in detail until every point in reality has its counterpoint on paper; the twist being that such a map is at once ideally accurate and entirely useless, since it’s the same size as the thing it’s meant to represent 1.IntroductionThe proliferation of scientific data is inspiring a paradigm shift in the way we manageinformation. Scientists frequently use other